4 May 2014 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 4 May 2014

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B
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A
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R
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R
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E
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L
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E
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D
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A
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G
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E
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N
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T
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H
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E
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A
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D
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E
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R
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A
G
U
I
L
E
R
A
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R
A
M
O
S
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O
R
S
I
N
O
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S
I
N
C
L
A
I
R
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I
R
A
T
E
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P
I
S
A
N
O
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S
L
O
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S
C
E
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N
A
R
I
O
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V
I
E
T
N
A
M
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O
E
N
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S
E
A
S
O
N
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L
U
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D
E
N
S
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O
L
I
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V
E
R
S
T
O
N
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E
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T
E
A
T
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A
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H
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A
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T
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N
Y
N
E
X
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O
K
A
Y
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S
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E
L
O
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N
G
A
T
E
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G
E
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L
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D
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E
A
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P
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C
E
S
T
A
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D
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A
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M
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S
I
E
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S
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T
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A
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D
E
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B
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U
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T
A
L
B
U
M
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I
L
I
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A
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E
S
C
A
L
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E
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D
E
S
I
R
E
E
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P
A
S
T
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D
O
U
B
L
E
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E
D
G
E
D
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S
E
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R
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B
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S
H
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T
E
T
L
S
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O
B
L
A
D
I
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S
N
E
E
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T
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I
T
L
E
R
O
L
E
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S
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B
E
T
T
E
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S
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S
O
D
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A
R
E
E
L
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T
A
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D
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O
R
T
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O
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K
E
P
T
A
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T
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I
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T
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G
O
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A
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D
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S
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I
B
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M
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P
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C
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E
S
S
E
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A
R
A
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M
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C
L
E
A
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R
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T
H
E
A
I
R
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D
N
A
L
A
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B
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T
A
R
O
I
L
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G
O
O
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B
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O
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O
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L
E
A
N
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G
A
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T
O
R
A
D
E
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I
N
S
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O
W
N
I
N
G
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A
P
S
O
S
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P
E
R
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C
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A
L
E
S
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N
I
E
N
T
E
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S
I
E
N
A
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E
N
R
O
L
L
E
E
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D
E
C
K
E
R
128
H
E
L
I
X
129
S
T
A
N
D
A
R
D

Hints & Clues

Across
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Like many shotguns : DOUBLEBARRELED
9
14
Back-to-back games : DOUBLEHEADER
20
Singer Christina : AGUILERA
21
___ gin fizz : RAMOS
22
"Twelfth Night" lover : ORSINO
23
Oil and gasoline giant : SINCLAIR
24
Very vexed : IRATE
25
Leonardo ___, a.k.a. Fibonacci : PISANO
26
___-pitch softball : SLO
27
What a detective tries to reconstruct : SCENARIO
29
"Platoon" setting : VIETNAM
30
Sommelier's prefix : OEN
31
Flavor : SEASON
32
Lozenge brand : LUDENS
34
"Platoon" director : OLIVERSTONE
37
Suckling site : TEAT
38
"The Man Who Mistook His Wife for ___" (1985 best seller) : AHAT
42
Old Baby Bell based in the Big Apple : NYNEX
43
Assents : OKAYS
45
Stretch out : ELONGATE
47
Neuter : GELD
50
Literary inits. : EAP
52
Jai alai basket : CESTA
53
Water checker? : DAM
56
Going out for the afternoon? : SIESTA
60
The Who's "My Generation," e.g. : DEBUTALBUM
64
Pelvic parts : ILIA
66
Musician's practice with four sharps : ESCALE
68
Former Obama social secretary Rogers : DESIREE
69
Over : PAST
70
Like some swords ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme : DOUBLEEDGED
72
Balkan native : SERB
75
Old Jewish villages : SHTETLS
77
Start of a Beatles refrain : OBLADI
78
Old Highlands dagger : SNEE
79
Thelma and Louise, e.g. : TITLEROLES
82
Davis and Midler : BETTES
84
Cover some ground? : SOD
85
Dizzy : AREEL
86
Bit : TAD
88
"___ put it another way ..." : ORTO
90
Persevered : KEPTATIT
94
Spurs : GOADS
98
Landmark tech product of 1981 : IBMPC
102
Latin "to be" : ESSE
103
Biblical name of ancient Syria : ARAM
105
Dispel differences : CLEARTHEAIR
108
"CSI" setting : DNALAB
110
Coal or pine product : TAROIL
111
Melted chocolate, e.g. : GOO
112
Kind of algebra : BOOLEAN
116
"Is it in you?" sloganeer : GATORADE
118
Write-___ : INS
119
Renter's dream, maybe : OWNING
120
Lhasa ___ (dogs) : APSOS
121
Some sheet fabrics : PERCALES
124
Nothing, in Napoli : NIENTE
125
Tuscany town : SIENA
126
Sign-up : ENROLLEE
127
Classic London transport : DOUBLEDECKER
128
Genetic structure : DOUBLEHELIX
129
Source of some discrimination : DOUBLESTANDARD
Down
1
Wind instrument pitched an octave lower than its smaller cousin : DOUBLEBASSOON
2
How ballerinas move : AGILELY
3
"Enter quickly!" : RUNONIN
4
Rock's Ocasek : RIC
5
Pipe fitting : ELL
6
Renter : LEASER
7
Heath evergreens : ERICAS
8
Thinks maybe one can : DARESTO
9
Huffington of the Huffington Post : ARIANNA
10
Teri of "Tootsie" : GARR
11
Subject of some computer settings : EMAIL
12
Closeted : NOTOUT
13
Lao-___ : TSE
14
Enter quickly : HOPINTO
15
Native New Yorkers : ERIES
16
___ D.A. : ASST
17
Primatologist Fossey : DIAN
18
Sicilian city : ENNA
19
Hotel accommodation for more than one : DOUBLEROOM
28
Kindle competitor : NOOK
29
___ chops : VEAL
31
Battle of the ___ : SEXES
33
Letter that's also a name : DEE
35
Chillax : VEG
36
Art appreciation : EYE
38
Forever young : AGELESS
39
Dimmed stars? : HASBEENS
40
Aleutian isle : ATTU
41
Gang up on, as in basketball : DOUBLETEAM
44
"How ___" : SAD
46
Tar Heels' state: Abbr. : NCAR
48
German musical entertainment : LIEDER
49
Auto sponsor of Groucho Marx's "You Bet Your Life" : DESOTO
51
Hawk : PEDDLE
53
Commit a chip-eating faux pas : DOUBLEDIP
54
King lead-in : ALA
55
Boo-boos : MISSTEPS
57
Shell seen around water : SCULL
58
Formatting feature on a typewriter : TABSET
59
Totality : ALL
61
Sired : BEGAT
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Unfazed by : USEDTO
63
Better at picking things up? : TIDIER
65
Jock : ATHLETE
67
Job listing inits. : EEO
71
Descent : EBB
73
Old car make that's a homophone of a modern car model : REO
74
Relative of a twin : DOUBLEBED
76
Anatomical tissue : TELA
79
Reaction of surprise : DOUBLETAKE
80
Ticks off : IRES
81
Need a lift? : SAG
83
Brand of power tools : STIHL
87
Vet, e.g. : DOC
89
Queen's honour: Abbr. : OBE
91
Brightly colored bird : TANAGER
92
Country whose flag says "God is great" 22 times : IRAN
93
Chess champ Mikhail : TAL
95
Part of a jazz combo : ALTOSAX
96
Precious : DEAR
97
Mexican shawls : SARAPES
99
___ Gorilla, 1960s TV cartoon character : MAGILLA
100
First of a kind : PIONEER
101
Betrayed : DOUBLECROSSED
104
Raucous bird : MAGPIE
106
Squirrel, e.g. : RODENT
107
South American land : TIERRA
108
Al ___ : DENTE
109
Swiss city on the Rhine : BASEL
112
Attraction in a carbon dioxide molecule : DOUBLEBOND
113
Baby's boo-boo : OWIE
114
Equivalent of 20 fins : ONEC
115
Something clickable : LINK
117
Collette of "United States of Tara" : TONI
120
Blond shade : ASH
122
Bamboozle : CON
123
City council rep. : ALD